Preview: vs. Nicholls
9/4/2023 2:31:00 PM | Football
Horned Frogs will face the Colonels under the lights of Amon G. Carter Stadium
ABOUT THE GAME
•The Horned Frogs and Colonels are meeting for the first time on the gridiron.
•A TCU record crowd of 53,294 was on hand for last week's season opener against Colorado. It shattered the previous mark of 50,307 for a 2009 contest against Utah. Another record was set for student attendance with 6,663, representing 54.3 percent of TCU's enrollment. It was the sixth time in the last seven home games for a new mark for TCU students.
•The Horned Frogs are playing on Sept. 9 for the first time since a 28-7 win at Arkansas in 2017.
•TCU is 13-0 under Head Coach Sonny Dykes when ahead or even in turnover margin.
•TCU's eight-game home winning streak, which was the sixth-longest among Power 5 programs, was snapped in the Colorado game.
•Four of TCU's opening five games this season are at home, part of seven Amon G. Carter Stadium dates overall. The Horned Frogs will play nine of 12 regular-season games in Texas and not leave the state until an Oct. 7 contest at Iowa State.
•Last year's Horned Frogs became the first program from the state of Texas to reach the College Football Playoff and first from the Big 12 to play in the CFP National Championship. With its 51-45 semifinal victory over Michigan in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to have won a CFP game.
NOTING THE HORNED FROGS
•TCU's 541 yards versus Colorado were its most in a game since totaling 668 in last year's 55-24 win over Oklahoma.
•TCU's 42 points were its most in a loss since a 52-46 defeat to Oklahoma in 2016.
•The 55 yards rushing by Colorado were the fewest allowed by TCU since holding Texas to 28 in last season's 17-10 win in Austin.
•Emani Bailey's career-high 164 yards rushing against Colorado were the most by a Horned Frog since Kendre Miller ran for 185 at Texas Tech in 2021.
•Bailey's 74-yard run doubled his previous career-long carry of 37 yards.
•In his TCU debut, Trey Sanders became the first Horned Frog to rush for three touchdowns since Miller at Texas Tech in 2021.
•Also in his first game as a Horned Frog, JP Richardson had a team-best six receptions for 63 yards.
•TCU's special teams played a role in two touchdowns in the Colorado game. Namdi Obiazor's blocked field goal led to a TCU score on the ensuing series, while Major Everhart's 86-yard kickoff return set up a touchdown that gave the Horned Frogs a fourth-quarter lead.
FIFTH IS JUST FINE
•TCU was fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll.
•The Horned Frogs were picked seventh last season, before playing in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
GIVING BACK
•Jordy Sandy is again donating $20 to Fort Worth's Hope Center for Autism for each punt inside the 20-yard line, while place-kicker Griffin Kell is doing the same amount for each made field goal.
•Sandy has a 9-year-old cousin with autism back home in Australia. Last season, he totaled $360 in donations with 18 punts inside the 20. Kell will be in his first season with donations on his made field goals.
TCU SUPPORT
•Since it began Big 12 play in 2012, TCU has had nearly $500 million in donor-funded athletics facilities upgrades.
•The most recent project is the $50 million Athletics Human Performance Center Renovation and Expansion project with construction set to begin in early 2024. Previously, the $113 million Legends Club & Suites opened in Fall 2020 on the east side of Amon G. Carter Stadium.
